Fireplace
['faɪəpleɪs] or ['faɪɚples]
Definition
(noun.) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; 'the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it'; 'he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it'; 'the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires'.
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Definition
(n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hearth.
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Examples
- He took his keys down while he was talking from a hook behind the fireplace, and locked his cottage door behind us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The open fireplace as an early method of heating. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He walked to the fireplace and warmed himself, humming the fag end of a tune in a rich convivial bass voice. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At one end he built a fireplace of small stones from the beach. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I think that this should do, said he, glancing into the glass above the fireplace. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the dark corner, furthest both from the light and from the fireplace? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is the right-hand parlour, into which an aspiring kitchen fireplace appears to have walked, accompanied by a rebellious poker, tongs, and shovel. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The clock ticks over the fireplace, the weather-glass hangs in the hall. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And, waving his hand with much pomp towards the door, as he fixed his back against the fireplace, said, 'No offence, my good fellow, no offence! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The young man rose and went to lean against the fireplace. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair with arms and cross-bars at the bottom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The sitting-room of Legree's establishment was a large, long room, with a wide, ample fireplace. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- To retreat--except into the fireplace--was equally out of the question. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But in an open fireplace much heat escapes with the smoke and is lost, and only a small portion streams into the room and gives warmth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Open fireplaces are very healthful because the air which is driven out is impure, while the air which rushes in is fresh and brings oxygen to the human being. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But open fireplaces, while pleasant to look at, are not efficient for either heating or cooking. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Here, Kitty, come and look at my plan; I shall think I am a great architect, if I have not got incompatible stairs and fireplaces. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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